Why do many people want Ironhide to die?

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  1. Splintershot

    Splintershot Predacon?? ... Awesome

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    NOOO! I don't want Ironhide to die... ever! If they kill off Ironhide, I'll never forgive Bay or Hasbro or Paramount or Dreamworks...
     
  2. wowzers

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    i never really liked ironhide so his death wouldn't make me sad or anything i just hope to god they don't kill off roadbuster
     
  3. Starscream NZ

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    Geez. Gotta love the fanboy outrage at something that hasn't happened yet!

    Yes people here don't like Bee that much. Pity for you, you're in the minority and most movie goers love him.

    Sideswipe has potential to die in this film, as he looks to have a lot more screentime. Ironhide is still most likely if we're to have one, as is Sentinel. So long as Sentinels death isn't like Jetfire's.
     
  4. buickanddeere

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    Good guys have to die too. It has to be somebody.
     
  5. Jimmy88

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    I sure as hell dont!
     
  6. spiritprime

    spiritprime Dudes, I'm a girl!

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    I know this is just a rumour for now.... but please, please don't let 'Hide die! ;_;
     
  7. Rayzilla Prime

    Rayzilla Prime I RIP ALL MY RAZE!

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    I don't think it's that people WANT him to die, it's just that a lot of people feel he's the #1 next-in-line for the Autobots. You could back it up that the Topkick is being discontinued, and there's no need to endorse it anymore (because that happened before ROTF's release, I thought for sure he'd get the axe then).

    I sure as hell don't want to see the big guy get slagged, but if he's gonna go down, he should bust a few Deceptichops first (and from the Superbowl trailer, he's gonna have a pretty good brawl with the Dreads).
     
  8. Ash from Carolina

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    I have to agree. I don't think it's a case of fans wanting him to die but speculating from a story telling point of view that Ironhide seems the most likely character.

    It's not like it would be the first death for an important hero in Transformers ever. Sometimes things like the death of Dinobot in Beast Wars becomes a defining moment.
     
  9. SwindlesShop

    SwindlesShop Kenny Power's drug dealer

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    LOLZ @ you calling someone a fanboy, from reading all that you've typed you've proven yourself one as well.
    2nd LOLZ@ you thinking comic relief characters can't die in movies. How many movies have you actually seen?
    3rd LOLZ@ you thinking there's character development in the bayformers franchise :lol 

    and just for the hell of it
    FINAL LOLZ@ you thinking the twins were funny.
     
  10. dorfsquest

    dorfsquest Cybertron EHS Specialist

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    I don't care if they kill off Ironhide or anyone else... Just for the love of God, PLEASE show someone mourn over it... Jazz dies and everyone's pretty much like "Poor Jazz..." and Optimus gets murdered and not one Autobot seems to be around to witness it.
     
  11. Silk Spectre

    Silk Spectre The Evil Queen

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    This. A thousand times this. He better get good fight scenes beforehand if he goes out.

    I know many don't care for Bumblebee being the break out character of the live action movies, but I love Bee. Bumblebee was my gateway character - he's the first TF I grew attached to in the first film.

    Ironhide became my favorite, but Bee is still my second favorite movie TF, and always will be.
     
  12. Black Oracle

    Black Oracle Black Convoy's Dark Angel

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    If they're going to kill an Autobot, I'd have thought Sentinel would be a candidate, given how he was always dead in the comics before Optimus became Prime. That would surely have impact too.

    I don't think IH will bite the dust at this point.
     
  13. Overlord Balder

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    Comic Relief =/= Funny.

    Jar Jar Binks is supposed to be a comic relief, but is he funny? Nope.

    And we had character development in "Bayformers" [Ironhide being more serious and caring for mankind in TF2, Ratchet hopeless once Optimus died, they all had their little space for development].

    I've never seen anything wrong with Jazz's death, these guys have been in a war for long, since before mankind was around, they lost their families, their freaking planet and all their friends, they are in a war: friends don't last much in a war.

    Jazz died, but as Optimus put it, they had won over the enemies they fought for millenia, war was over and they could rebuild the Autobot society at last, it was a far too good moment to be much heartwrenched for Jazz's death [as Optimus said: "Oh Jazz....we lost a great comrade today, but we have also gained valuable friends"].

    It depends on how Sentinel will be shown, but I think that introduce a character just to kill him for drama sake is a bad choice.

    Also, Sentinel always dies [the ONLY time he survived was in Animated, and he was a douchebag], let him live for once, it's like Optimus dying: he always does, let's not repeat the tale again.

    But then again, it all depends on how he will be as a character [like Jetfire, whose death made everyone shout "DAMN'IT!" when I watched the movie].

    Ironhide is already known and liked [also he was in the movie since the first, we know him better].

    We will only know when TF3 hit the theathers.
     
  14. Dark Magnus

    Dark Magnus Your opinion is wrong!

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    Because he took the only leader toy spot that could have gone to Megatron, SHockwave, or Blackout (snicker).
     
  15. Ironhide4

    Ironhide4 Banned

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    In reply to my reply, what you wrote was complete BS, seriously.
     
  16. Overlord Balder

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    "What you wrote is BS", [Sarcasm] Excellent argument [/Sarcasm].

    Can you please show me why is BS?
     
  17. Cyber Star

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    Overlord Balder makes good points and i agree with him 100%. your post was the one full of BS
     
  18. Leadfoot

    Leadfoot The Strongest.

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    To die unceremoniously as he did in TFTM, no. But if his death has a significant buildup and properly exploited emotional impact, it could help the movie.